Author Topic: Is there an offical pointless election banter thread anywhere? (Read 44043 times)

Klout · « **Reply #45 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:13:14 am »

martyrdom ...how heroic .....

:liar: :violin: :rip: :duck:

jocelyn · « **Reply #46 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:29:15 am »

Nah, just stubbornness.

Klout · « **Reply #47 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:32:44 am »

did you vote for anyone in either of the last two presidential general elections?

jocelyn · « **Reply #48 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:38:53 am »

Just the last one. I\'m a young \'un.

Klout · « **Reply #49 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:40:46 am »

and for whom did you vote, if you don\'t mind my asking.

jocelyn · « **Reply #50 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:42:54 am »

Kerry.

Klout · « **Reply #51 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:45:56 am »

I wish I understood enough about politics and the candidates and your brain and beliefs to understand why you would give your vote willingly to Kerry but would rather die than vote for barrack or even Hillary for that matter. Is the difference between Kerry and Barack/Hillary really that extreme? To break it down even further...how much different is choosing Kerry over Bush than Barack over McCain?

jocelyn · « **Reply #52 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:50:29 am »

I voted for Kerry because I felt Bush was so dangerous. I would not vote for Obama or McCain because I feel they could both be dangerous. It partially has to do with the candidates, and partially has to do with the political climate and current events.

Klout · « **Reply #53 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:01:57 am »

Thats what I am driving at right there.

By voting for Kerry you were choosing the candidate you felt was less dangerous.

We are not out of the woods yet.

Bush has left us with an awful mess and the future is far from secure.

It\'s dangerous, uncertain...I\'d even say crucial times at the moment.

Why not choose the candidate you feel is less dangerous this time around?

The situation is no less drastic than it was four years ago.

You think they are both that extremely yet equally dangerous to the country but in different ways?

jocelyn · « **Reply #54 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:08:55 am »

They all scare me this time around. Though I didn\'t agree with him on many things, Kerry did not scare me.

Klout · « **Reply #55 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:14:07 am »

What scares you most about Barack? His inexperience? The lack of specific and detailed plans to enact and initiate the type of change he preaches? Or is it the type of change itself that scares you.

jocelyn · « **Reply #56 on:** February 18, 2008, 02:39:09 am »

Yes to the first two questions, along with his immigration policy.

I also have big problems with his big-government ideas.

Don\'t get me wrong, I think he\'s a good man, and if he becomes president, I won\'t be angry.

I just think he might be more suited for... poet laureate.

jocelyn · « **Reply #57 on:** February 19, 2008, 12:22:06 am »

Just in case you guys haven\'t seen this gem yet:

:wacko:

bdfreetuna · « **Reply #58 on:** February 20, 2008, 08:02:17 pm »

I\'m pissed at Deval Patrick over this whole casinos-in-Massachusetts deal. I don\'t think the state should raise money by taking advantage of many people\'s gambling problems.

Also, I\'m in favor of universal health care but not mandated-corporate-insurance with tax penalties like Mitt Romney imposed on us. The best health care would be something like they have in England where the state owns the hospitals and pays the doctors. As seen in the movie Sicko.

On another note I hope Breakfast plays the new song "Rush" electrified @ Mill St Brews

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edit: Just noticed this is "election banter" not "random political musings".. ohwell

Blackieshamps · « **Reply #59 on:** February 20, 2008, 10:57:52 pm »

Quote from: jocelyn;180413

Just in case you guys haven\'t seen this gem yet:

:wacko:

arent these guys from lemonparty.org